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CARRIAGE BODY. No. 247,436. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEQ HAZARD W. TITUS, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO A. O. REVENAUGH, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIAGE-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,436, dated September 20, 1881. Application filed July 12,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HAZARD W. TITUS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at J ackson,in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Bodies; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvementin the sills of such vehicles as buggies, phaetons, landaus, rockaways, &c., said improvement relating especially to the devices shown in my Patent No. 248,008, dated June 14, 1881. In the construction shown in that patent I provided for the bracing of the bent sills by means of separate brackets or knees, which are bent and shaped while detached from the sill, and are afterward secured thereto. Brackets or knees constructed and attached in the manner described in that patent, while being advantageous for carriages of the lighter species, and those not much exposed to moisture, are in some respects not so well adapted to carriages which are subjected to exposure and to contact with moisture, owing to the method or fastening the brackets and to obviate the difficulties met with I have devised the construction of sills and knees hereinafter explained.

Figure 1 represents the piece of timber from which the sill and knees are to be formed. Fig. 2 shows the same after bending and before being dressed. Fig. 3 shows the finished sill and knees or brackets.

In the drawings the finished sill is represented as having one or more parts, A, to support the seat or seats, one or more bottom parts,B,and a front connecting part, 0. These parts are like the corresponding parts of the sill in my aforesaid patent, and shaped to have the grain extend continuously from end to end through the central part of the sill proper. To make this sill the timberE in Fig. 1 is bent into the shape shown in full lines in Fig. 2. After bending, the parts a and b above the dotted lines in Fig. 2 and the parts 0 and 01 below said dotted lines are removed by suitable dressing-tools, so as to form the square edges or surfaces f 9 hi. The central portion of the original piece is, as will be seen, left intact, and has, after bending and dressing,

the grain extending continuously from end to end. Moreover, it will be seen that the brackets or knees j and it", which are formed at the points of curvature, are not only integral with the central part, or the sill proper, but also have a grain parallel to the sill,and are arranged to prevent the springing of the sill at the points ofbending. The timberis so dressed as to leave the edges f g at an angle to each other, to receive and support the transverse parts of the carriage-frame.

A sill constructed in this manner has all the advantages incident to the one set forth in my said patent, and, when re-enforced by brackets or knees constructed and arranged as de scribed, is much superior for the purposes first above mentioned-to wit, the constructing ot vehicles which must be as light and as strong as possible,and at the same time are subjected to much exposure to moisture and outdoor influences, which latter result in a loosening of the brackets or knees when attached in the manner described in my aforesaid patent.

I do not herein claim a sill formed from a continuous piece of wood having a continuous grain; nor do I claim aslill having bent brackets or knees at the points of curvature, as these matters are fully shown and described in my aforesaid patent, the invention in this case being limited to the above-described improvements upon the carriage-sill shown in that patent, and consisting in forming the knees or brackets integrally with the parts A, B, and (J of the sill.

What I claim is- The herein-described support for the transverse parts of avehicle-body,having the knees or bracketsj and formed integrally with the parts A, B, and O of the sill, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. HAZARD W. TIIUS.

Witnesses WALTER J OHNSON, BEVERLY W. SNOW. 

